The most watched sport within the world is soccer. Soccer is most well liked sport within the world. Today there are millions of football fans. In this article we will talk about some interesting facts about Football.

There are some amazing fun facts about Football:

1. Football is known as soccer in the US and Canadian countries.

2. Pelé, the greatest Brazilian football player, is the youngest player to win the Football World Cup at the age of 17.

3. The first live coverage of the football match was shown on television in 1937.

4. In football history, Chile's Carlos Caszely was the first football player to get a red card in the 1974 World Cup.

5. France's Stefan Stine holds the record for the most goals scored in a match, scoring 19 goals for the Racing Club in 1942.

6. It is believed that a single player runs seven miles during the entire match.

7. The first club in football was founded in 1857 by Nathaniel and Major William. Whose name is Sheffield Football Club.

8. In December 1998, Ricardo Oliver (Uruguay) set the world record by scoring the fastest goal in 2.8 seconds.

9. There were only 300 people watching the final match of the first Football World Cup sitting in the stadium.

10. In the Football Tournament, it was not until 1913 that the goalkeeper of a team wore different colored shirts.

11. Football's most popular competition is the FIFA World Cup which is held every fourth year.

12. Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player in the world to goal an average of every minute in a football match

13. The ball used in professional football has been the same size from past 120 years, whose diameter is 28 inches and weighs about 450 grams.

14. Professional football began on August 31, 1895.